Display device for garment materials.



S. J. HEILIGERS.

DISPLAY nE'vlc-E For: GARMENT MATERIALS.

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 5| i915. 1,183,876, A Patented May 23, 1916.

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S. I'. HEILIGERS.

DISPLAY DEVICE FOR GAHIVIENT MATERIALS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 1915.

Patented. May23 ,1916. 2 SHEETS-SHEET ig. 5.

Inventor,

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SAMUEL J. HEILIGERS, OF FINDLAY, OHIO.`

DISPLAY DEVICE For. GAEMENT MATERIALS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Application led April 5, 1915. Serial No. 19,360.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. HEILIGERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Devices In the drawings: Figure 1 is an enlarged -plan view of apparatus embodying my in,-

vention; Fig. 2 is a rear elevationk of the same; Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line -m of Fig. 2; Fig. Llis a front elevation of the same, showing the display of one style of garment; Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a display of another style of garment; and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the apparatus, showing how it is opened for changing the cloth or other material displayed therein.

As I prefer to construct my invention, the frame l has suitable base members 2 for supporting it in upright position, which base members may have casters 3 for conveniently moving the apparatus.

My invention involves theuse of a screen with a rift or aperture through which garment material may be seen, and which rift or aperture is given a configuration to represent the shape ofthe outline of garment on a figure like that on which it is to be worn.

This screen may consist of any extended ksurface of material, preferably opaque, and

which surface may bear orrinclude represenf tations of other parts of the figure not cove ered' by the garment as worn.' As I .prefer to provide this screena glass plate 5, i's` supported against a ledge l around the interior front edge of the yframe 1;:this glass kplate being provided with a coating on its surface, preferably the rear; surface, and leaving the rift or aperture 6 of the proper shape in this coating, through which rift or aperture 6.

and through the transparent plate 5 the garment material may be seen, to produce the effect as above described.4 e

The representations of the other parts of the figure, as above alluded to, preferably form part of the coating. Thus, this plate bears the representations 7 rofthe head and,k

neck and neckwear kof a human figure and the representations 8 and 9 of the hands and shirt cuffs, as well as representations 10 and- 11 of the feet and shoes ofthe figure; the.

aperture being of such configuration that 1t will, `with the cloth or `the garment material displayed through' it in conjunction with the above representations, represent a complete human ligure wearing garments inadegof said cloth or other garment lmaterial. Also, if desired, suitable background figures, such as the chair `12 and desk 12 may be included to make the,- display attractive, as is usual in making' upy clothing .dis-

play illustrations. This opaquefscreen, inf cluding these iigures vmay best be placed upon the glass by some transfer process,

such as those which are well known and need not be particularly described herein. f y

The cloth or other garment material 13 is a back 14 which has hinges 15 hinging it to 1 the bottom of the frame 1, so that fit may swingbackward and downward. The back preferably has a suitablerprop 16 connected y to it by means of a hinge 17 slightly above the middle of the back, which, when the` back is swung backward and downward, as shown in Fig. 6, will swing outward and backward and engage withy the floor andl properly` supportv the back in opened posify vtion. Whentheback 14 is swung upward and forward into the frame to hold-they mafy yterial 13 in position, the propwill hang-vertically close against the back as'shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3. l

Preferably, as shown,'an` eXtra cross piece 18 is VVprovided 'in the upper part of they. frame and permanently secured therein kbehind the plate 5, thus holding the plate in position at all times, and the back 14 is I made of length to have its upper end come close under this cross-piece 18 when closed, and a suitable button 19 is mounted on the cross piece 18 to engage down against the back 14 and hold it up in closed position;

- ing substantially conterminous with the back 14 at the upper end. It will also be understood., that the material 13 should extend below the lower end of the rift'or aperture 6"'and be of ample length to extend beyond both sides thereof. f Also, ythe frame 1 and the plate 5 are made amply wide to afford` considerable background or marginal space at each side of the representation of the figure; and, it not being necessary that -fthe contact of the 'cloth/or other material may be made of considerably less widthv 13 with the back ofthe plate 5 or the coating thereof be of greater transverse extent than the greatest transverse extent of the rift or aperture 6, the back 14 than the interior ofthe frame 1, as' shown.

With the device constructed asso far described, there'will `not be a complete representation, since the details of the garment l will not be shown. These details are provided by graphicallyy or otherwise representing them in such a manner that they can be interposed between the garment materiall and the plate 5 with its coating ``and the rift or aperture 6 therein, the details preferably being graphically represented upon a transparent piece of material. They are made to conform to the configuration of therift or aperture 6 in such a manner as to complete the representation of the garment in conjunction with the garment material showing through the aperture.

The above or any similar representation of the details of the garment may be provided for a single style ofv garment and left in position permanently. However, it is highly desirable to be able to conveniently changethe representation of the details of the` garment to indicatey how the garment will appear as made in various styles from the particular piece of material being displayed in the device; or, by substituting dierent pieces` of material to be able to show various styles in conjunction with i materials of various kinds and patterns.

Such change of the details may beeffected by substituting different pieces of transparent material to be interposed as above described with the details represented thereon, and by providing some means for holding such transparent piece in position so that its details conform with the configuration of the rift oraperture 6.

I provide for conveniently substituting diferentdetails in conjunction with a display of a single piece of garment material without removing the piece of garmentmaterial from the device, by making the transparent piece in flexible form, as of Celluloid or other suitable flexible transparent material; or by otherwise combining the details in a single continuous film or web for bringing them successively into position for displaying them through the rift er aperture 6. Thus, as shown herein, a ihn or web 20, suitably constructed as above described, passes transversely between the material 13 andthe back of the plate 5 with the coating thereon and the rift or aperture 6 therein, and is wound onto rollers 21 at opposite sides of the frame; these rollers 21 being journaled on vertical axes in uppmr brackets 22 -and lower brackets 22 fixed on the backs of the sides of the frame l. ln each upper bracket 22 is a horizontal shaft 23 with a gear 24 meshing with a gear 25 fixed. to the respective roller 21, and each shaft 23 has a crank 2 6 fixed thereon for turning it. By this means, the web 2O may be wound from either side to the other :1rd bring the desired set of representations of the details which it bears into the proper relation withthe rift or aperture 6.

In many instances, the device need be provided for changing' only the details of the coat; as it will not usually be necessary to provide a change of details of the trousers in indicating the' styles of suits. For such use, the web 2O need be made of vertical width only suliicient to carry the details of the longest coat displayed, as of the frock coat as shown in Fig. 5, and the rollers 21 may be made of corresponding length and mounted accordingly. However, it will be understood that it may be necessary to represent practically the entire lengths of guresin indicating different styles in trousers; or for indicating the styles of long coats such as overcoats, or, if the device is to be used for displaying ladies garments, for indicating different styles of skirts. For such use, the webV 20 is made of the full height of the ligure. as shown herein.

The termination ofthe back 14 laterally some distance inward from the corresponding sides of the frame 1, as before described, leaves an ample open space for the passage ofv the film orvweb 20 over from the roller 21 to they inner side of the back 14 and material `13 held thereby, so thatfthe film or web 20 is not subjected to any sharp turns or abrasion with hard surfaces. The only turn that the web makes is over the corner of the back 14 and the material 13 thereon; and here the web is protected by the material 13, which is usually of cloth of texture soft enough to avoid any injurious abrasion of the web or film 20.

In arranging the device for display of a Acertain material it is necessary only to cut ofi' a convenient length of the material and place it upon the back 14 while the back is opened to such a position as shown in Fig. 6, and then close the back, bringing the material up into position. It is not necessary to open the back in order to change the display of garment style details, because the web or film 9,0 may be wound in either direction between the material 13 and the back of the plate 5 and its coating. The web or film 20 will not be seriously abraded by the back of the plate 5 or its coating, since it is stretched back against the garment material 13 throughout its extent where it comes between the material 13 and said plate 5 and its coating.

From'the above it will be seen that it is possible to readily change the material to be displayed, and also to change the display of garment style details, and each change may be changed without disturbing the other. of the parts is such that none of these are seriously worn or injured in manipulation. The possibility of readily making. both kinds of changes as above described makes my improved device not only suitable for 'more or less permanent window displays,

but also for displaying materials to customers in the store or tailoring shop. Any piece of goods that the customer may like may be shown in various styles to enable the customer to determine which style will be selected; the desired piece of goods being placed in the device and the web or film 20 manipulated to show successively the vari-k ous sets of details to represent this piece of goods made up in such various styles. If the customer has decided upon the style to be selected, the film or web 20 may be left to display a single set of details; and various pieces of material may be successively placed in the device, enabling the customer to select a suitable piece of goods which he thinks most appropriate in the style indicated.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device for displaying garment materials, in combination with a screen having a rift of garment-outline-representing formation, a plurality of different sets of At the same time the arrangementgarment-detail representations eachadapted to be conformed to and within said rift to modify the display, said sets'of representations being arranged successively in the form of a web, means for supporting and of graphic representations ofgarment details on said web, means for supporting and moving said web in juxtaposition to said screen to successively display said sets of representations in said rift, and means for supporting the garment material to be seen through said rift in conjunction with said representations.

3. In a device for displaying garment materials, a transparent plate having a coating forming a screen thereon, said coating having a rift of garment-outline-representing formation, a frame, and means supporting said transparent plate in said frame, a flexible web comprising different sets of garment-detail representations arranged successively thereon, rollers at opposite sides of said frame on which said web is wound for supporting and moving said web to bring successive ones yof said sets of representations into juxtaposition withsaid plate and its screen-forming` coating, whereby said sets of representations in such positions conform to and are in said rift in said coatingto modify the display and a back movably mounted on said frame to hold garment material in position to be seen through said rift in conjunction with said representations, or to permit said material to beremoved without moving said web, said back being of materially less width than said plate and positioned substantially in the middle of' said frame, whereby spaces are left at the sides yof the frame, back of said plate, for the free passage of said web from respective ones of said rollers at the sides of the frame to and between thejgarment material and the back of 'said transparent plate, whereby said web may be freely wound from one of said rollers to the otherk to move said sets of representations successively into said juxtaposition without moving said back and garment material.

4. In a device for `displaying garment materials, in combination, a glass plate and a screen-forming coating on the back of said plate, said coating having a garmentoutline-representing rift therein, a flexible transparent Web, different sets of graphie through said rift in said coating and representations yof garment details on said through said glass plate in conjunction With l0r web, means for Winding said Web across and said representations.

in 'uxta osition With said late and its coatingi to sooessively displaypsaid sets of rep- SAMUEL- J' HEILIGE-RS' resentations in said rift, and means for sup- Witnesses:

porting garment material against the back AL. BARTON,

of said web to be seen through ysaiol web and BENJ. H. BARTON.

opies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, 'by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." 

